V. iii. 124. Damn'd as he is. The quartos and folios have And as he is, which Theobald emended to the reading given in the text. Cf. Brabantio's remark (Othello, I. ii. 63),
'Damn'd as thou art, thou hast enchanted her.'
V. iii. 149. give me aim awhile. Stand by and observe the result of my efforts. A figure from archery. The person who 'gave aim' stood near the target and reported the success of the shots. White suggests, 'Give me air awhile.' Schmidt, retaining the original reading, paraphrases, 'Give room and scope to my thoughts.'
V. iii. 165–169. These lines appear for the first time in the Quarto of 1600. In their place, the Quarto of 1594 has the following five lines:
'And bid thee bear his pretty tales in mind,
And talk of them when he was dead and gone.
Mar. How many thousand times hath these poor lips,
When they were living, warmed themselves on thine!
O now, sweet boy, give them their latest kiss;' etc.
V. iii. 200. In the Quarto of 1594 this line reads,
'And being dead let birds on her take pity.'
